Habich, A.; Chaves Vargas, V.; Robinson, L. A.; Allsopp, L. E.; Unterweger, D.: Distribution of the four type VI secretion systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and classification of their core and accessory effectors. Nature Communications 16, 888 (2025)

Bonczarowska, J. H.; Susat, J.; Krause-Kyora, B.; Dangvard Pedersen, D.; Boldsen, J.; Larsen, L. A.; Seeberg, L.; Nebel, A.; Unterweger, D.: Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes lack the virulence-associated YpfΦ prophage present in modern pandemic strains. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2003), 20230622 (2023)

Unni, R.; Andreani, N. A.; Vallier, M.; Heinzmann, S.; Taubenheim, J.; Guggeis, M. A.; Tran, F.; Vogler, O.; Künzel, S.; Hövener, J.-B. et al.; Rosenstiel, P.; Kaleta, C.; Dempfle, A.; Unterweger, D.; Baines, J. F.: Evolution of E. coli in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease leads to a disease-specific bacterial genotype and trade-offs with clinical relevance. Gut Microbes 15 (2), 2286675 (2023)

Unni, R.; Pintor, K. L.; Diepold, A.; Unterweger, D.: Presence and absence of type VI secretion systems in bacteria. Microbiology 168 (4), 001151 (2022)

Fokt, H.; Unni, R.; Repnik, U.; Schmitz, R. A.; Bramkamp, M.; Baines, J. F.; Unterweger, D.: Bacteroides muris sp. nov. isolated from the cecum of wild-derived house mice. Archives of Microbiology 204 (9), 546 (2022)

Kostiuk, B.; Santoriello, F. J.; Diaz-Satizabal, L.; Bisaro, F.; Lee, K.-J.; Dhody, A. N.; Provenzano, D.; Unterweger, D.; Pukatzki, S.: Type VI secretion system mutations reduced competitive fitness of classical Vibrio cholerae biotype. Nature Communications 12, 6457 (2021)

Turner, J. W.; Duran-Gonzalez, J.; Laughlin, D. A.; Unterweger, D.; Silva, D.; Ermolinsky, B.; Pukatzki, S.; Provenzano, D.: Draft genome sequences of 13 Vibrio cholerae strains from the Rio Grande Delta. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10 (22), e00308-21 (2021)

Merker, M.; Tueffers, L.; Vallier, M.; Groth, E. E.; Sonnenkalb, L.; Unterweger, D.; Baines, J. F.; Niemann, S.; Schulenburg, H.: Evolutionary approaches to combat antibiotic resistance: opportunities and challenges for precision medicine. Frontiers in immunology 11, 1938 (2020)

Santoriello, F. J.; Michel, L.; Unterweger, D.; Pukatzki, S.: Pandemic Vibrio cholerae shuts down site-specific recombination to retain an interbacterial defence mechanism. Nature Communications 11, 6246 (2020)

Smith, W. P. J.; Brodmann, M.; Unterweger, D.; Davit, Y.; Comstock, L. E.; Basler, M.; Foster, K. R.: The evolution of tit-for-tat in bacteria via the type VI secretion system. Nature Communications 11, 5395 (2020)

Habich, A.; Unterweger, D.: Investigating secretion systems and effectors on Galleria mellonella. In: Bacterial Secretion Systems, 2 Ed., pp. 601 - 608 (Eds. Journet, L.; Cascales, E.). (Humana) Springer US, New York, NY (2024)

Habich, A.: Diversity of Type VI secretion System effectors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dissertation, 169 pp., Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel (2025)

Govindan Unni, R.: Microbial dynamics in health and disease: from strain-level adaptations to microbe-microbe interactions in the gut microbiome. Dissertation, 213 pp., Kiel University, Kiel (2023)

Ovchinnikova, E.: The role of the type VI secretion system in adaptation of P. aeruginosa to the host environment. Master, 54 pp., Kiel University, Kiel (2023)

Sakalyte, G.: Positive and negative interactions between bacteria. Master, 54 pp., Kiel University, Kiel (2023)

Batra, A.; Tueffers, L.; Haas, K.; Loeblein, T.; Botelho, J.; Habig, M.; Schuetz, D.; Sakalyte, G.; Buchholz, F.; Berríos-Caro, E. et al.; Uecker, H.; Unterweger, D.; Schulenburg, H.: Resistance variation and bacterial interactions shape the adaptation of a genetically diverse bacterial population to antimicrobial treatment. (2025)

Fokt, H.; Sakalyte, G.; Unni, R. G.; Abukhalaf, M.; Cassidy, L.; Marinos, G.; Godfroid, M.; Kinfu, B. M.; Schmitz, R. A.; Kaleta, C. et al.; Tholey, A.; Baines, J. F.; Dagan, T.; Unterweger, D.: Closely related Bacteroides of the murine intestinal microbiota affect each other’s growth positively or negatively. (2023)